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Jack Montgomery In Life in Another Country, My Soapbox

Travel Writers and Political Journalists Don’t Mix

The socialist newspaper the Morning Star popped up in my Facebook stream last week. The post involved a report criticising Paul Nowak, General Secretary of...

Jack Montgomery In My Soapbox, Travel Photography

Hey Copytrack, that’s my photo

Over the weekend, I had a message from a friend I used to work with on an online magazine in Tenerife. He received an email...

Jack Montgomery In My Soapbox

I, the Jury

The woman in front of me in our local mini market sounds as though she’s popped a plum from the fruit selection into her mouth...

Jack Montgomery In Life in Another Country, My Soapbox

The forty miles an hour brigade

The car is right up my backside. I’m doing 30mph in a 30mph zone, yet I’ve watched the car gaining steadily on me for the...

Jack Montgomery In My Soapbox, Slow Travel

Tenerife Tourists go home

I’ve been many places where there’s been graffiti with a message which is a variation of ‘Tourists go home,’ or ‘Tourits go home’ as I’ve...

Jack Montgomery In Life in Another Country, My Soapbox

Almost British

We’re almost British again, almost but not quite, not really. When you live abroad you get to keep your British passport but, in a way...

Jack Montgomery In My Soapbox, Slow Travel

When travel writing crosses into fiction

We all read the newspapers that tend to reflect our views. I’m no different from anyone else in that respect. But what I’ve never been...

Jack Montgomery In Life in Another Country, My Soapbox

The Waitrose myth

I’d had my eyeballs sandblasted by storms while crossing endless barren deserts; my shins nibbled by tetchy piranhas when wading through tropical rivers; and my...

Jack Montgomery In My Soapbox, Slow Travel

It’s too easy to offend Google bots

Who knew that when AI started to assert itself, it would turn out to be a prude? It is a Handmaid’s Tale level prude. It...

Jack Montgomery In My Soapbox, Slow Travel

True or False, TripAdvisor reviews in Llangollen

Llangollen is one of those towns that caters more for day-trippers. Subsequently, there are plenty of places if you fancy lunch or a snack. But not so much choice if you want dinner in a convivial restaurant or pub

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My Soapbox

Travel Writers and Political Journalists Don’t Mix

Hey Copytrack, that’s my photo

I, the Jury

The forty miles an hour brigade

Tenerife Tourists go home

Almost British

When travel writing crosses into fiction

The Waitrose myth

True or False, TripAdvisor reviews in Llangollen

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